By the 17th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the third installment of the Thor franchise, you'd think Thor: Ragnarok had nothing new to offer.
But if you want to prove your pick is universally adored, you can always turn to Rotten Tomatoes, the immensely popular movie review aggregator, and see if it's one of the top rated movies on the site. How do you top perfection? And yes, like every other Pixar movie on this list, it's also a crowd-pleaser that will make you sob.
It's all dependent on what happens in the first week.
T'Challa returns in Avengers: Endgame along with, well, every other Marvel superhero ever, basically. In particular, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari's dark and angular cinematography created an ambiance that was new to audiences when it was released, and has proved hugely influential.
But also, yes, thanks to the unmistakable Pixar magic that has made so many of the studio's films pop up on this list. The tune, composed by Danny Elfman (also known for his more recent work on 1989s Batman, Edward Scissor Hands, and Avengers: Age of Ultron) has played as the lead in for over six hundred episodes of the hit cartoon, and there's no sign that song or show are going anywhere anytime soon. Just try to pretend you didn't get chills. The film earned overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics, who called the movie one of Cuarón's most stunning and personal. Matthew Weiner, the creator of Mad Men, later heard an instrumental version of Magnificent City while listening to NPR. Singin' in the Rain is one of the most beloved movie musicals of all time. In an era where the television themes song seems to still be trying to wedge its way back into our culture, especially as networks try to squeeze in both more content and more ad time to their programs, it wouldn't hurt to look back on some of the best and most memorable of the last two decades (according to Rotten Tomatoes).
That's probably why it ended up grossing a staggering $2.8 billion worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film of all time.
The screenplay by acclaimed novelist Graham Greene certainly didn't hurt either—nor did the performances, including by Reed's fellow trailblazer Orson Welles.
Based on Ron Stallworth's memoir, Black Klansman, this 2018 film follows the Colorado Springs Police Department's first black police officer as he sets out to expose the local chapter of the Ku Klux Klan during the 1970s. Despite encountering trouble as he tried to fund the film, Burnham was vindicated when Eighth Grade received major accolades, with Burnham winning an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay, and Fisher getting a Golden Globe nomination for her performance.
The special effects in the film were so striking in 1933 that producer David O. Selznick unsuccessfully petitioned the Academy to give animator Willis O'Brien a special Oscar for his work. This 1934 American romantic comedy, which stars Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert, was so lauded by critics that it became the first of only three films to win all five major Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It also got plenty of attention at the Academy Awards, with 10 nominations, including Best Picture.
Awkwafina got rave reviews for her role as Billi in Lulu Wang's The Farewell, about a Chinese-American family visiting their dying grandmother in China—and deciding not to tell her about her diagnosis. Praised for its open dialogue about the way emotions change as you mature, Inside Out received a plethora of awards upon its 2015 release. While Logan's R-rating may have seemed like a gimmick to distinguish the movie from past superhero flicks, critics found that the movie's graphic violence turned out to be secondary to its surprising nuance and emotional depth. The site's list of top films of all time ranks movies by a wide variety of factors, including number of reviews, release date, genre, and average rating. Like so many Hitchcock films, it's a relentlessly suspenseful cat-and-mouse game, but with a complexity and sense of realism that made it one of the director's personal favorites. RELATED: Mad Men: 10 Best Characters Who Weren't In The First Season. It was the highest grossing movie of 1972, and, for a short time, the highest grossing film ever. Though the 1939 film, starring Judy Garland as Dorothy, didn't snag any Academy Awards (Gone With the Wind earned the majority of statues that year), the movie still became iconic in its own right. It was nominated for Academy Awards in nine categories, though it only won the Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay), for the script by Welles and Herman J. Mankiewicz. She's a YA connoisseur, Star Wars enthusiast, Harry Potter fanatic, Mets devotee, and trivia aficionado.